Is the one-way system on it's way out?

The dreadful one-way system in Kettering town centre could be on it's way out.

According to All Saints Councillor Michael Brown, Kettering Borough Council (KBC) are in the process of  'drawing up some plans' to remove the one-way system. 

Cllr Brown told us, "We are looking at plans now of turning Eskdail Street two-way."

He also told us that KBC are considering plans to open up Newlands Street to traffic, however money issues could prevent the plans from going ahead. 

KBC have a yearly budget of around £6 million, but the plans to remove the one-way system are estimated to cost up to £4 million.

The aim of the two-way project is to allow traffic to freely move around the town centre, preventing all of the 'ratruns' around the backstreets. 

Cllr Brown said of the plans, "People can come into Kettering, they can get around it, they can get in and they can get out."

By Stephen Matthews